List of tallest towers

Comparison of the world's seven tallest towers

This is a list of extant towers that fulfill the engineering definition of a tower: "a tall human structure, always taller than it is wide, meant for public or regular operational access by humans, but not for living in or office work, and are self-supporting or free-standing, which means no guy-wires for support." The definition means the exclusion from this list of continuously habitable buildings and skyscrapers as well as radio and TV masts. Also excluded from this list because they are not designed for public or regular operational access are bridge towers or pylons, chimneys, transmission towers, sculptures and most large statues and obelisks

Towers are most often built to use their height for various purposes and can stand alone or as part of a larger structure. Some common purposes are for telecommunications, and as a viewing platform.

The Tokyo Skytree, completed in February 2012, reaches a height of 634 m (2,080 ft), making it the tallest tower, and second tallest free standing structure in the world.^[1][2][3]

Entirely self-supported towers

Towers taller than 250 metres

Rank	Name	Pinnacle height (meters, feet)	Year	Structure	Country	City	Remarks
1	Tokyo Skytree	634 m (2,080 ft)	2012	Steel	Japan	Tokyo	Second tallest freestanding structure in the world
2	Canton Tower	604 m (1,982 ft)	2010	Steel & concrete	China	Guangzhou	Tallest in the world 2009–11
3	CN Tower	553.33 m (1,815.4 ft)	1976	Concrete	Canada	Toronto	Tallest freestanding structure in the world 1975–2007, tallest in the western hemisphere
4	Ostankino Tower	540.1 m (1,772 ft)	1967	Concrete	Russia	Moscow	Tallest freestanding structure in the world, 1967–75, tallest in Europe
5	Oriental Pearl Tower	468 m (1,535 ft)	1994	Concrete	China	Shanghai	Tallest in China 1994–2007
6	Milad Tower	435 m (1,427 ft)	2007	Concrete	Iran	Tehran	Tallest in the Middle East
7	KL Tower	421 m (1,381 ft)	1994	Concrete	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Tallest in South East Asia
8	Tianjin Radio and Television Tower	415.2 m (1,362 ft)	1991	Concrete	China	Tianjin
9	Central Radio and TV Tower	405 m (1,329 ft)	1992	Concrete	China	Beijing
10	Zhongyuan Tower	388 m (1,273 ft)	2011	Steel	China	Zhengzhou
11	Tashkent Tower	374.9 m (1,230 ft)	1985	Steel	Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Tallest in Central Asia
12	Liberation Tower	372 m (1,220 ft)	1996	Concrete	Kuwait	Kuwait City
13	Almaty Tower	371.5 m (1,219 ft)	1983	Steel	Kazakhstan	Almaty
14	Riga Radio and TV Tower	368.5 m (1,209 ft)	1986	Steel	Latvia	Riga	Tallest in the European Union
15	Berliner Fernsehturm	368 m (1,207 ft)	1969	Concrete	Germany	Berlin	Tallest structure in Germany
16	Stratosphere Tower	350.2 m (1,149 ft)	1996	Concrete	United States	Las Vegas	Tallest observation tower in the United States
17	West Pearl Tower	339 m (1,112 ft)	2004	Concrete	China	Chengdu
18	Macau Tower	338 m (1,109 ft)	2001	Concrete	China	Macau
19	Europaturm	337.5 m (1,107 ft)	1979	Concrete	Germany	Frankfurt
20	Dragon Tower	336 m (1,102 ft)	2000	Lattice	China	Harbin
21	Tokyo Tower	332.6 m (1,091 ft)	1958	Lattice	Japan	Tokyo
22	Emley Moor TV Tower	330.4 m (1,084 ft)	1971	Concrete	United Kingdom	Huddersfield/Wakefield	Tallest freestanding structure in the United Kingdom
23	Sky Tower (Auckland)	328 m (1,076 ft)	1997	Concrete	New Zealand	Auckland	Tallest freestanding structure in the Southern Hemisphere
24	Vilnius TV Tower	327 m (1,073 ft)	1980	Concrete	Lithuania	Vilnius
25	Saint Petersburg TV Tower	326 m (1,070 ft)	1962	Lattice	Russia	Saint Petersburg
26	Eiffel Tower	324 m (1,063 ft)	1889	Lattice	France	Paris	First to surpass 300 metres, tallest tower in the world 1889–1958, oldest in this list
27	Rameswaram TV Tower	323 m (1,060 ft)	1995	Concrete	India	Rameswaram
28	Jiangsu Nanjing TV Tower	318.5 m (1,045 ft)	1996	Concrete	China	Nanjing
29	Tallinn TV Tower	314 m (1,030 ft)	1980	Concrete	Estonia	Tallinn
31	Tortoise Mountain TV Tower	311.4 m (1,022 ft)	1986	Concrete	China	Wuhan
32	Baku TV Tower	310 m (1,020 ft)	1996	Concrete	Azerbaijan	Baku
33	Sydney Tower	309 m (1,014 ft)	1981	Concrete	Australia	Sydney
34	Liaoning Broadcast and TV Tower	305.5 m (1,002 ft)	1989	Concrete	China	Shenyang
35	Jaisalmer TV Tower	300 m (984 ft)	1993	Concrete	India	Jaisalmer
36	Samatra TV Tower	300 m (984 ft)	1999	Concrete	India	Bhuj
37	VRT Toren	300 m (984 ft)	1996	Concrete	Belgium	Sint-Pieters-Leeuw
38	Zhuzhou Television Tower	293 m (961 ft)	1999	Concrete	China	Zhuzhou
39	Fernmeldeturm Nürnberg	292 m (958 ft)	1977	Concrete	Germany	Nuremberg
40	Olympiaturm	289.5 m (950 ft)	1968	Concrete	Germany	Munich
41	Torre de Collserola	288 m (945 ft)	1992	Steel	Spain	Barcelona
42	Telemax	282.2 m (926 ft)	1992	Concrete	Germany	Hannover
43	Jalandhar TV Tower	280 m (920 ft)	2007	Concrete	India	Jalandhar
44	Heinrich-Hertz-Turm	279.7 m (918 ft)	1968	Concrete	Germany	Hamburg
46	Georgia Tbilisi TV Broadcasting Tower	274.5 m (901 ft)	1972	Steel	Georgia	Tbilisi
47	Hillbrow Tower	269 m (883 ft)	1971	Concrete	South Africa	Johannesburg	Tallest in Africa
48	Kaifeng TV Tower	268 m (879 ft)	1995	Concrete	China	Kaifeng
49	Colonius	266 m (873 ft)	1981	Concrete	Germany	Cologne
50	Novorossiysk TV Tower	261.5 m (858 ft)	1996	Concrete	Russia	Novorossiysk
51	Daqing Radio and Television Tower	260 m (850 ft)	1989	Concrete	China	Daqing
52	Olympic Park Observation Tower	258 m (846 ft)	2014	Steel	China	Beijing
54	Fernmeldeturm Kühkopf	255 m (837 ft)	1976	Concrete	Germany	Koblenz
55	Donauturm	252 m (827 ft)	1964	Concrete	Austria	Vienna
56	Fernsehturm Dresden-Wachwitz	252 m (827 ft)	1969	Concrete	Germany	Dresden
57	Swisscom-Sendeturm St. Chrischona	250 m (820 ft)	1984	Concrete	Switzerland	St. Chrischona
58	Novodnistrovsk TV Tower	250 m (820 ft)	1987	Steel	Ukraine	Novodnistrovsk
59	Jeddah TV Tower	250 m (820 ft)	2007	Concrete	Saudi Arabia	Jeddah

Towers between 200 and 250 metres tall

Tower	Year	Country	City	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Meget TV Tower	1994	Russia	Meget	246 m
Shaanxi Provincial TV Tower	1987	China	Xi'an	245 m
Rheinturm Düsseldorf	1981	Germany	Düsseldorf	240.5 m	Was 234.2 m before another antenna was mounted in 2004
Pattaya Park Tower	?	Thailand	Pattaya	240 m
N Seoul Tower	1975	South Korea	Seoul	239.7 m
Menara TVRI	1994	Indonesia	Jakarta	239 m
Foshan TV Tower	1995	China	Foshan	238 m
Sentech Tower	1962	South Africa	Johannesburg	237 m
Endem TV Tower	2002	Turkey	Istanbul	236 m
Bremen-Walle Telecommunication Tower	1986	Germany	Bremen-Walle	235.7 m
Pitampura TV Tower	1988	India	Delhi	235 m
Qingdao TV Tower	1994	China	Qingdao	232 m
Torrespaña	1982	Spain	Madrid	231 m
Ryan Tower	1968	Canada	Chelsea, Quebec	228.9 m
Tower of the Americas	1968	United States	San Antonio, Texas	228.6 m
Torre Espacial	1980	Argentina	Buenos Aires	228 m
Katanga TV Tower	1992	India	Jabalpur	225 m
Brasilia TV Tower	1965	Brazil	Brasilia	224 m
Buková hora TV Tower	1975	Czech Republic	Bukova hora	223 m
Fernmeldeturm Münster 42	1986	Germany	Münster	222.5 m
Florianturm	1959	Germany	Dortmund	219.6 m
Jilin Radio and TV Tower	1996	China	Jilin	218 m
Guangzhou TV Tower	1991	China	Guangzhou	217 m
Fernsehturm Stuttgart	1956	Germany	Stuttgart-Degerloch	216.8 m	World's first concrete TV tower
Prague - Žižkov Television Tower	1992	Czech Republic	Prague	216 m
Fernmeldeturm Mannheim	1975	Germany	Mannheim	212.8 m
Fernmeldeturm Berlin	1964	Germany	Berlin	212 m
Turkmenistan Broadcasting Centre	2011	Turkmenistan	Ashgabat	211 m
Minaret of Hassan II Mosque	1993	Morocco	Casablanca	210 m
Transmitter Hornisgrinde	1972	Germany	Hornisgrinde	206 m
Baghdad Tower	1994	Iraq	Baghdad	205 m	Formerly International Saddam Tower
Donnersberg TV Tower	1962	Germany	Donnersberg	204.82 m
Avala TV Tower	1965	Serbia	Avala, near Belgrade	204.5 m	Destroyed in NATO bombing on April 29, 1999; reconstruction completed October 2009; tallest in the Balkans
Rousse TV Tower	1987	Bulgaria	Rousse	204 m
TV tower Helpterberge	1981	Germany	Helpterberge	203.2 m
Woobang Tower	1992	South Korea	Daegu	202 m
Kamzik TV Tower	1975	Slovakia	Bratislava	200 m
Guangdong TV Tower	1965	China	Guangzhou	200 m

Towers between 100 and 200 metres tall

Tower	Year	Country	City	Pinnacle height	Remarks
Xuzhou TV Tower	1990	China	Xuzhou	199 m
KPN-Zendmast Waalhaven	1962	Netherlands	Rotterdam-Waalhaven	199 m
Zendmast Roermond	1957	Netherlands	Roermond	197.7 m
KPN Tower Hilversum	1973	Netherlands	Hilversum	196 m
Bantiger TV Tower	1996	Switzerland	Bolligen	196 m
Sky Tower Nishitōkyō	1988	Japan	Nishitōkyō, Tokyo	195 m
Telstra Tower	1980	Australia	Canberra	195 m
Gateway Arch	1965	United States	St. Louis	192 m
Dalian Radio and TV Tower	?	China	Dalian	190.5 m
Calgary Tower	1967	Canada	Calgary	190 m
BT Tower	1964	United Kingdom	London	188 m
Cairo Tower	1961	Egypt	Cairo	188 m
Telecom Italia Tower Rozzano	1990	Italy	Rozzano - Milan	187 m
Kuwait Towers	1979	Kuwait	Kuwait City	187 m
Euromast	1962	Netherlands	Rotterdam	186 m
TV tower Decquede	1959	Germany	Dequede	184.5 m
Space Needle	1962	United States	Seattle	184 m
Brasilia Digital TV Tower	2012	Brazil	Brasília, DF	182 m
Nagoya TV Tower	1954	Japan	Nagoya	180 m
PL Peace Tower	1970	Japan	Tondabayashi	180 m
Hošťálkovice transmitter	1979	Czech Republic	Ostrava	180 m
Telecommunication Tower Bungsberg	1977	Germany	Bungsberg	179 m
Löffelstelz Transmitter	2000	Germany	Bad Mergentheim	179 m
Monte da Virgem Tower	?	Portugal	Vila Nova de Gaia	177 m
Pécs TV Tower	1973	Hungary	Pécs	176 m
Olympic Stadium tower	1987	Canada	Montreal	175.3 m	Highest inclined tower in the world, with its 45-degree angle.
Zendstation Markelo	?	Netherlands	Markelo	174.4 m
San Jacinto Monument	1939	United States	La Porte, Texas	172.92 m / 567.31 ft	World's tallest monumental column
Reunion Tower	1978	United States	Dallas	170.7 m
Iriški Venac TV Tower	1975	Serbia	near Novi Sad	170 m
Juche Tower	1982	North Korea	Pyongyang	170 m
Riyadh TV Tower	1981	Saudi Arabia	Riyad	170 m
Spinnaker Tower	2005	United Kingdom	Portsmouth	170 m
Washington Monument	1884	United States	Washington, DC	169.3 m / 555 ft 5 in	Observation level at 152 m
Zagreb TV Tower	1973	Croatia	Zagreb	169 m
Fernmeldeturm Bödefeld	?	Germany	Schmallenberg-Bödefeld	168.7 m
Näsinneula Observation Tower	1971	Finland	Tampere	168 m	Located at Särkänniemi amusement park
Menara Alor Star	1998	Malaysia	Alor Star	165.5 m
Hünenburg Telecommunication Tower	?	Germany	Bielefeld-Hühnenburg	165 m	Also known as Fernmeldeturm Teutoburger Wald
Heubach Telecommunication Tower	?	Germany	Heubach	164.8 m
Las Vegas Eiffel Tower	1999	United States	Las Vegas	164.6 m	Replica of Eiffel Tower
Praděd TV Tower	1983	Czech Republic	Praděd Mountain	162 m
Ulm Münster	1377–1890	Germany	Ulm	161.5 m	Tallest church tower in the world
British Airways i360	2016	United Kingdom	Brighton	161 m	Thinnest tall tower in the world[4]
Osaka Tower	1966	Japan	Osaka	160 m
Skylon Tower	1965	Canada	Niagara Falls	160 m
Blackpool Tower	1894	United Kingdom	Blackpool	158 m
Gold Tower	1988	Japan	Utazu, Kagawa	158 m
Cologne Cathedral	1248–1880	Germany	Cologne	157.4 m	Twin spires
Snejanka tower	1978	Bulgaria	Pamporovo - Mount Snejanka	156 m	Also known as Pamporovo TV Tower
Kaknästornet TV Tower	1964	Sweden	Stockholm	155 m
Funkturm Arsenal	?	Austria	Vienna	155 m
Nozema TV Tower Goes	1957	Netherlands	Goes	153.5 m	Also known as Nozema TV Tower
Kaikyo Yume Tower	1996	Japan	Shimonoseki	153 m
BT Tower	1967	United Kingdom	Birmingham	152 m
Rouen Cathedral	1145–1876	France	Rouen	151 m
Cuyahoga Falls Cathedral Tower	1971	USA	Cuyahoga Falls	150.57 m	unfinished TV tower
Funkturm Berlin	1926	Germany	Berlin	150 m	Only observation tower standing on insulators
Galaţi TV Tower	1978	Romania	Galaţi	150 m
St. Nikolai, Hamburg	1846–77	Germany	Hamburg	147.3 m	Church ruin
Sapporo TV Tower	1957	Japan	Sapporo	147.2 m
Dobrich TV Tower	1979	Bulgaria	Dobrich	146 m
Fallturm Bremen	1990	Germany	Bremen	146 m
Vasco da Gama Tower	1998	Portugal	Lisboa	145 m
Strasbourg Cathedral	1176–1439	France	Strasbourg	144 m
Nozema Tower Wormer	1968	Netherlands	Wormer	144 m
Zigong TV Tower	1988	China	Zigong	143.6 m
Jakobsberg Telecommunication Tower	1978	Germany	Porta Westfalica-Jakobsberg	142 m
Monte Mario Tower	?	Italy	Rome	140 m
Nozema Zendstation	1957	Netherlands	Mierlo	139.5 m
Twin Arch 138	1995	Japan	Ishinomiya	138 m
Hohenstadt Transmission Tower	?	Germany	Hohenstadt	137 m
Monas	1975	Indonesia	Jakarta	137 m
St. Chrischona, old tower	1962	Switzerland	St. Chrischona	136 m
Montjuic Communications Tower	1992	Spain	Barcelona	136 m
Higashiyama Sky Tower	1989	Japan	Nagoya	134 m
Radio City Tower	1969	United Kingdom	Liverpool	134 m
KLIA2 Control Tower	2013	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	133.8m	Tallest Air-traffic control tower in the world[5]
Mulleklenkes	1984	Germany	Aachen	133 m	Radio-DVB-T Transmission Tower de:Mulleklenkes
Nozema Zendstation The Hague	1965	Netherlands	The Hague	133 m
BKK Control Tower	2006	Thailand	Bang Phli	132.2 m	Second tallest air-traffic control tower in the world
Telefónica Chile Tower	1996	Chile	Santiago	132 m
TV-toren Ittervoort	?	Netherlands	Ittervoort	132 m
Telecommunication Tower Leipzig	?	Germany	Leipzig	132 m
Kyoto Tower	1964	Japan	Kyoto	131 m
1000 Islands SkyDeck	1965	Canada	Hill Island, Ontario	130 m
TV Tower Nordhelle	1984	Germany	Nordhelle	130 m
Telecommunication tower Großerlach	1985	Germany	Großerlach	130 m
Zendstation Loon op Zand	1986	Netherlands	Loon op Zand	130 m
Shiraz Tower	2011	Iran	Shiraz	130 m
KUL Control Tower	1998	Malaysia	Kuala-Lumpur	130 m
Piątkowo transmitter, Tower 2	1993	Poland	Poznań	128 m
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Licheń	2004	Poland	Licheń	128 m
Express Lift Tower	1980–82	United Kingdom	Northampton	127.45 m
Torre Entel	1974	Chile	Santiago	127.4 m
Glasgow Tower	2001	United Kingdom	Glasgow	127 m
Aliant Tower	1971	Canada	Moncton	127 m
Sender Inselsberg	1974	Germany	Inselsberg Mountain	+ 126 m	Was 43.31 when constructed in 1939
Dreamworld Tower	1997	Australia	Dreamworld, Coomera	126.5m
Grobal Tower	1995	Japan	Beppu	125 m
FMT 6 - Brackenheim	?	Germany	Brackenheim	125 m
Craigkelly TV Tower	?	United Kingdom	Craigkelly, Burntisland, Fife	125 m
Chiba Port Tower	1986	Japan	Chiba	125 m
Atakule Tower	1989	Turkey	Ankara	125 m
Riga Radio Station	?	Latvia	Riga	125 m
Gatlinburg Space Needle	1970	United States	Gatlinburg	124 m
Transmitter Geiersberg	?	Germany	Geiersberg	124 m
Tyholttårnet	1985	Norway	Trondheim	124 m
Banharn-Jamsai Tower	?	Thailand	Suphan Buri	123.25 m
Salisbury Cathedral	1220–1320	United Kingdom	Salisbury	123 m
Sender Brocken	1937 & 1974	Germany	Brocken Mountain	123 m	95 m on original tower
Mont Pèlerin TV Tower	1974	Switzerland	Mont Pèlerin	122.6 m
Pääskyvuoren linkkitorni	1964	Finland	Turku	122 m
Ginosa Water Tower	?	Italy	Ginosa	122 m
Zendstation Megen	1980	Netherlands	Megen	121 m
Fernmeldeturm Duisburg		Germany	Duisburg	121 m
Gibloux Radio Tower	?	Switzerland	Sorens	118.7 m
Crossland Tower	1994	Japan	Oyabe, Toyama	118 m
Silistra TV Tower	1979	Bulgaria	Silistra	117 m
Lisebergstornet	1990	Sweden	Göteborg	116.1 m
Observation tower of la Cité de l'Énergie	?	Canada	Shawinigan, Quebec	115 m
Bernauer Birzel	?	Germany	Bernau	115 m
Torrazzo of Cremona	1309	Italy	Cremona	112.7 m
Domtoren	1328	Netherlands	Utrecht	112.5 m	Free standing medieval church tower, see also List of tallest churches
Tiger Sky Tower	2004	Singapore	Sentosa Island	110 m	Tallest free standing observation tower in Asia
Bytków TV Tower	?	Poland	Siemianowice Śląskie	110 m
Taming Sari Tower	2008	Malaysia	Melaka	110 m	First revolving tower in Malaysia
Exelberg Telecommunication Tower		Austria	Vienna	109 m
Torre Branca	1933	Italy	Milano	108.6 m
Kobe Port Tower	1963	Japan	Kobe	108 m
Vitosha Mountain TV Tower	1985	Bulgaria	Vitosha Mountain	186 m
Tour Hertzienne TDF de Romainville	1984	France	Paris-Romainville	108 m	Also known as Tour Relais TDF
Goryokaku Tower	2006	Japan	Hakodate	107 m
Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial	1915	United States	Put-in-Bay, Ohio	107 m	World’s most massive Doric column; 4th tallest memorial in U.S.
Torre Jaume I	1931	Spain	Barcelona	107 m	Connected with Torre Sant Sebastia by Port Vell Aerial Tramway
Bremerhaven Radar Tower	1965	Germany	Bremerhaven	106.1 m
Yokohama Marine Tower	1961	Japan	Yokohama	106 m
Borisova Gradina TV Tower	1959	Bulgaria	Sofia	106 m
Tsutenkaku	1956	Japan	Osaka	103 m
Scream	1992	Germany	Soltau - Heidepark	103 m	Gyro-Drop Tower
Total Tower	1994	United States	Denver	102.4 m
Joseph Chamberlain Memorial Clock Tower	1908	United Kingdom	Birmingham, England	100 m
Beppu Tower	1957	Japan	Beppu	100 m
Hakata Port Tower	1964	Japan	Hukuoka	100 m
Ještěd TV Tower	1968	Czech Republic	Jested	100 m
Hokkaido Centennial Monument	1970	Japan	Sapporo	100 m
Bazita Peak TV Tower	1975	Hungary	Zalaegerszeg	100 m
Holstein Tower	1988	Germany	Sierksdorf	100 m	Additionally guyed Gyro-Tower
Faro de Moncloa	1992	Spain	Madrid	100 m

Diagram

Timeline of tallest towers

From	To	Tower	Country	City	Pinnacle height
280 BC	1180 AD	Pharos Lighthouse	Egypt	Alexandria	122 m (400 ft)
1180	1240	Malmesbury Abbey Tower	United Kingdom	Malmesbury	131.3 m (430 ft)
1240	1311	Tower of Old St Paul's Cathedral	United Kingdom	London	150 m (492 ft)
1311	1549	Tower of Lincoln Cathedral	United Kingdom	Lincoln	159.7 m (523 ft)
1549	1647	Tower of St Mary's church	Germany	Stralsund	151 m (495 ft)
1647	1874	Tower of Strasbourg Cathedral	France	Strasbourg	142 m (465 ft)
1874	1876	Tower of St. Nikolai	Germany	Hamburg	147 m (482 ft)
1876	1880	Tower of Rouen Cathedral	France	Rouen	151 m (495 ft)
1880	1889	Tower of Cologne Cathedral	Germany	Cologne	157.38 m (516 ft)
1889	1958	Eiffel Tower	France	Paris	312.3 m (1024 ft)
1958	1967	Tokyo Tower	Japan	Tokyo	332.6 m (1091 ft)
1967	1975	Ostankino Tower	Russia	Moscow	540.1 m (1771 ft)
1975	2009	CN Tower	Canada	Toronto	553.33 m (1815 ft)
2009	2011	Canton Tower	China	Guangzhou	604 m (1982 ft)
2011	present	Tokyo Skytree	Japan	Tokyo	634 m (2080 ft)

References